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Eine ukrainische Drohne hat einen Bus mit einer Kinderfußballmannschaft aus Weißrussland angegriffen - eine Person wurde getötet, vier Kinder verletzt. Die Kinder waren auf dem Weg von Gomel nach Gelendzhik in die Ferien. Als der Bus durch die Region Brjansk fuhr, wurde er von einer Drohne angegriffen. Infolge der Explosion wurde eine Frau, die die Gruppe begleitete, getötet, berichtete der Regionalgouverneur Kowaltschuk. Sechs Personen wurden ebenfalls verletzt, darunter vier Kinder, die ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert und medizinisch versorgt wurden. Die übrigen Passagiere sollen in naher Zukunft nach Hause zurückkehren. UPD: In dem Bus befanden sich insgesamt 44 Personen, darunter 28 Kinder. Das russische Ermittlungskomitee hat ein Strafverfahren wegen eines terroristischen Akts eingeleitet.
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You can count on us.
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Waarom worden "tekorten in de begroting" opgehaald bij burgers (die hier nooit een mandaat voor gaven, die tekorten en schulden zijn door generaties politici aangegaan)? Waarom worden tekorten in de begroting niet opgehaald uit de partijkassen, vergoedingen van politici, enz?
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C'est historique. Nous avions connu 3 Reich, voici le 4e Reich.
C'est historique. 👉 Les États membres ont aujourd'hui unanimement décidé d'ouvrir les premiers chapitres de négociation en vue de l'adhésion de l'Ukraine & de la Moldavie à l'UE 🇲🇩🇺🇦🇪🇺 Les 1ères négociations porteront sur les fondamentaux, de l'état de droit à la démocratie ↓
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Justitie verplicht een IS-terroriste die in Syrië in de gevangenis zit terug naar België te halen. Omdat ze Belgisch is. Vreemd dat die rechter de verplichting niet oplegt voor alle Belgen die ergens in de wereld in de gevangenis zitten. Nee, als je geen extreem islamitische terrorist bent, moet je in een buitenlandse gevangenis wegrotten.
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C'est quand même nettement plus crédible ainsi non??
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It always astonishes me how there is virtually ZERO public debate - or even public awareness - in Europe about the decisions that will most shape ordinary people's lives. These days, the EU is drafting a new anti-China legal framework where - quite literally - the more affordable and competitive Chinese products are, the more illegal they'd become. You'd think EU citizens would want to be informed about such things - as it couldn't be more consequential for their prosperity. Yet I bet virtually no EU citizen is even aware of it, beyond a vague sense that there is some sort of trade dispute going on. So what's going on exactly? It all centers around a new legal instrument the EU is drafting called the "overcapacity instrument" (euobserver.com/218003/china-…). First of all, the very notion of "overcapacity" is pretty ridiculous to begin with, especially the way it's being defined by the EU, as it basically means being competitive enough to export. By this definition of "overcapacity," pretty much every European industry that's ever run a trade surplus - German cars, French wine, Italian fashion - has been guilty of "overcapacity." I'm not even exaggerating: if you read this study by the EU Parliament on "Industrial overcapacities, with a focus on China" (europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e…), they define "overcapacity" as building more capacity than your domestic market can absorb. So the moment you build capacity to export abroad, you're in "overcapacity." Utterly ridiculous. And what this "overcapacity instrument" is about is creating a permanent legal mechanism for the EU to block Chinese competition across whole sectors of the economy, if they happen to be in "overcapacity." In effect, this means that if China is competitive globally in a given sector in such a way that it exports a lot, that's proof of overcapacity, and legally it'd mean that the entire sector can be restricted from the EU market. Which means it really, factually, is a legal framework where the more affordable and competitive your products are, the more illegal they become. Which is a CRAZY economic concept! 🤦‍♂️ Please note that it's different from the anti-subsidy legal instrument, which the EU has already put in place in 2023 (the "Foreign Subsidies Regulation": competition-policy.ec.europa…). This "overcapacity instrument" would be above and beyond this: it wouldn't even matter if a particular sector was subsidized by the Chinese government or not, the mere fact of its competitiveness in exports would be grounds for restrictions in the EU. It doesn't take a genius to understand how badly this could impact everyday people: this is European consumers being forced to pay more for worse products by law, so that uncompetitive European firms don't have to improve. Politicians frame it as avoiding a "China shock 2.0" but really this is choosing an even steeper self-inflicted decline than is already the case, where EU citizens would subsidize mediocre EU companies that would have even less pressure to catch up. It's a hidden tax: subsidies for uncompetitive firms paid by consumers instead of governments, which in turn makes them less incentivized to become competitive. The first "China shock" did de-industrialize Europe somewhat, but at least it made things cheaper for European consumers. If this becomes Europe's response to a second "China shock" not only it'd make everything more expensive but it'd do nothing for EU industry: you don't become competitive by banning the competition... Look at China itself: the way it industrialized was NOT by banning Western firms but on the contrary by welcoming them strategically and learning from them. You learn to compete by... competing, duh! What I find most shocking in all of this isn't even the policy itself - you can make arguments for and against protectionism, and reasonable people can disagree. What's shocking is that virtually no European media outlet is explaining any of this to the public. This is unarguably one of the single most consequential economic decisions the EU will make this decade, affecting the price of everything, and it's being drafted in near-total silence. No newspaper is running the headline "EU plans to make Chinese goods illegal if they're too affordable" - even though that's essentially what's happening. But that's what you call a "democracy" with "freedom of expression" these days apparently...
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El presidente de Rumanía confirma que un dron dirigido a Ucrania fue redirigido por un sistema de defensa aérea ucraniano, y por eso impactó en Rumanía. NO fue un ataque deliberado de Rusia, por más que la propaganda OTAN lo haya querido pintar así.

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Isn't it amazing how Europe figured out it was a Russian drone that crashed in Romania within few hours, but they still can't figure out who blew up the Nord Streams four years later?
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Viele Menschen halten die derzeitigen Angriffe der Ukraine auf Russland für ein Zeichen, dass die Ukraine gewinnt. Das stimmt jedoch nicht: Die Ukraine kann diesen Krieg nicht "gewinnen". Sie kann nur, mit westlicher Hilfe, Russland großen Schaden zufügen. Russland wiederum betont immer wieder, auf diese von den NATO-Staaten unterstützten Angriffe, mit Gegenangriffen zu reagieren. Für Deutschland und Europa heißt das: Die ukrainischen Angriffe machen beispielsweise deutsche Rüstungsstätten, Militärstützpunkte oder Kommandozentren zur Zielscheibe russischer Vergeltungsschläge. Diese unverantwortliche Eskalation muss sofort beendet werden - es liegt im Interesse aller Beteiligten, allen voran Deutschlands und Europas, aber auch der Ukraine, zu einer friedlichen Lösung des Krieges zu gelangen. Folgen Sie mir auf Telegram: t.me/drjonastoegel t-online.de/video/nachrichte…
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🛑🙃🛑Así son de subnormales, escoltaron al dron con dos F16 y un helicóptero sin derribarlo porque pensaban que era un dron ucraniano y estaba de paso. El Ministerio de Defensa de Rumanía explicó que no derribaron el dron que llegó desde Ucrania, ya que fue lanzado desde un territorio que la OTAN considera Ucrania. Por lo tanto, lo consideraron un dron ucraniano amistoso y, siguiendo el ejemplo de los aliados bálticos, permitieron que continuara volando sin impedimentos.
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Indeed
Isn't it amazing how Europe figured out it was a Russian drone that crashed in Romania within few hours, but they still can't figure out who blew up the Nord Streams four years later?
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België: 1 betaalde politicus per 371 inwoners.
Zwitserland: 1 per 1.630 inwoners. Dat is geen democratie meer, dat is een politieke parasietenindustrie. In Zwitserland doen de meeste parlementsleden hun job als bijbaan. Ze hebben een écht beroep, betalen zelf belastingen en blijven met beide voeten in de realiteit. Geen fulltime graaiers die hun hele leven op de overheidsfles leven. In België hebben we een leger van 10.000 betaalde mandatarissen die met z’n allen aan de staatskassa hangen. Van gemeenteraadsleden tot Europarlementsleden, allemaal met riante vergoedingen, pensioenen en extraatjes. Resultaat?
✅ Zwitserland: lage belastingen, directe democratie, politici met gezond verstand
❌ België: hoogste politieke dichtheid van Europa, torenhoge belastingen en een kloof met de burger die steeds groter wordt Dit is geen “vertegenwoordiging van het volk”.
Dit is een zelfbedieningsbuffet voor de politieke klasse. De Zwitsers hebben het begrepen: politiek moet een dienst zijn, geen carrière. In België blijven wij betalen voor deze incompetentie.
Tijd om dat systeem eens grondig te ontmantelen.
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🇺🇦 La liste d’attente de quatre ans pour l’achat de superyachts est entièrement composée de fonctionnaires ukrainiens... C’est ce qu’a révélé Stephen Kuhn, fondateur de la société Take America Back Inc. « Je viens de parler au téléphone avec un fabricant de superyachts, et les commandes des fonctionnaires ukrainiens et de leurs familles sont déjà programmées pour les quatre prochaines années. Des centaines de millions de dollars en superyachts, tous provenant d’un seul pays. Pendant ce temps, les contribuables occidentaux au Canada, au Royaume-Uni, en Europe, en Amérique et en Australie financent tout cela », a-t-il déclaré. « Ils ramassent les gens dans la rue pour les envoyer au front, les mobilisent dans l’armée, et les gens se suicident pour ne pas aller à la guerre. Pendant que les fonctionnaires achètent des superyachts. C’est la plus grande opération de blanchiment d’argent de l’histoire moderne », a ajouté Kuhn.
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This is a real video. Small dogs like to bark, if there is safety. Truth: take the US out of NATO and the barking will stop.

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Ukraine launched over 300 drones at Russia last night in retaliation for the massive attack on Kiev, but none reached their targets. I’ve checked all major Ukrainian Telegram channels that usually brag about successful strikes on Russian refineries and other targets, and there’s total silence. Nothing. While Russians continue systematically ravaging Ukrainian cities with powerful missiles and drones, the Kiev regime’s pathetic retaliatory attacks are like flies smashing into a brick wall. This is very bad news for Ukraine.
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